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Income Taxes - Summary of Valuation Allowances Against Deferred Income Taxes (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Nov. 03, 2019	Apr. 28, 2019	Oct. 28, 2018
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]
Valuation allowance	$ 711	$ 748	$ 5,306
U.S. State Tax [Member] | Loss Carryforwards and Credits [Member]
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]
Valuation allowance	$ 711	666	756
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member] | Income Tax Credits [Member]
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]
Valuation allowance		$ 82	$ 4,550

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84230637&loc=d3e32537-109319

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